Aruban Liberal Organization
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The Aruban Liberal Organization (Organisacion Liberal Arubiano) is a liberal
political party
in Aruba
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At the last elections
for the Estates, 28 September 2001, the party won 5.7 % of popular votes and 1 out of 21 seats. On 23 September 2005, the party won only 4 % of the popular vote and lost its seat.
Liberalism
Liberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,...
political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Aruba
Aruba
Aruba is a 33 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, located 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 130 km east of Guajira Peninsula...
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At the last elections
Elections in Aruba
Elections in Aruba gives information on election and election results in Aruba.Aruba elects on national level a legislature. The Estates have 21 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation....
for the Estates, 28 September 2001, the party won 5.7 % of popular votes and 1 out of 21 seats. On 23 September 2005, the party won only 4 % of the popular vote and lost its seat.
See also
- Contributions to liberal theoryContributions to liberal theoryIndividual contributors to classical liberalism and political liberalism are associated with philosophers of the Enlightenment. Liberalism as a specifically named ideology begins in the late 18th century as a movement towards self-government and away from aristocracy...
- Liberal democracyLiberal democracyLiberal democracy, also known as constitutional democracy, is a common form of representative democracy. According to the principles of liberal democracy, elections should be free and fair, and the political process should be competitive...
- LiberalismLiberalismLiberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,...
- Liberalism worldwideLiberalism worldwideThis article gives information on liberalism in diverse countries around the world. It is an overview of parties that adhere more or less to the ideas of political liberalism and is therefore a list of liberal parties around the world....
- List of liberal parties